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Page 90
... religious subjects at meetings of scholars and the laity . But in large measure his real work in these functions is as chief administrator of a religious bureaucracy . The matha is first and foremost an institution demanding much ...
... religious subjects at meetings of scholars and the laity . But in large measure his real work in these functions is as chief administrator of a religious bureaucracy . The matha is first and foremost an institution demanding much ...
Page 264
... religious culture of its surrounding region by degree rather than type . There is no evidence for the case that the Hinduism of the pilgrimage centre is more orthodox , Sanskritic or textual than that available in the non - pilgrimage ...
... religious culture of its surrounding region by degree rather than type . There is no evidence for the case that the Hinduism of the pilgrimage centre is more orthodox , Sanskritic or textual than that available in the non - pilgrimage ...
Page 266
... religious tradition to people possessing another is questionable . In general , the instrumental nature of Bengali pilgrimage further argues against this hypothesis . Religious performances concerning pilgrims in the pilgrimage cen- tre ...
... religious tradition to people possessing another is questionable . In general , the instrumental nature of Bengali pilgrimage further argues against this hypothesis . Religious performances concerning pilgrims in the pilgrimage cen- tre ...
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The Gauramandala conceived as lotus 2 VästupuruşamandalaThe temple as puruşa Plates between pages 104 and 105 | 1 |
a Goswamy and his CaitanyaViṣṇupriya shrine | 2 |
GauraNitãi Caitanya and Nityananda | 3 |
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activities Advaitic ākhāḍās ascetics aspects Āśrama association avatāra Bābā Bakreswar Bārī bathing behaviour Benares bhakti Bharamalla bhoga Birbhum body Brahman Burdwan Caitanya Calcutta caste cent cremation ground cult culture darśana deity devotion dharnă dharnā-jātris District divine earthly festival Gajan Ganges Ganguly Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas Gauranga Mandira Giri goddess Gosvāmin Goswamys guru Hindu Hinduism holy Hooghly District important India individual institution jātris journey Kālī kirtana Kṛṣṇa līlā linga located mahanta mantra matha Māyā Mayapur Muslim Navadvip number of pilgrims offering perform pilgrimage centre pilgrimage tradition pilgrims pīṭhas place of pilgrimage popular practices prasāda priests pūjā Purāņa purohit Rādhā religious ritual river sacred places sacrifice sadhus Śākta Sākta pithas Śakti Samāj sannyāsis Sanskrit sect shrine siddhis Śiva śmaśāna social songs spiritual Śrī Kṛṣṇa symbolic Tantric Tārā Tarakeswar Tāraknatha Tarapith temple tion tirtha town Vaiṣṇava Vāmā Vāmākhepā Vasistha village visited vows Vṛndāvana West Bengal worship